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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4062 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4062 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
23 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
410 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
770 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
530 to 600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
1030
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
170 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
690 to 910
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
28 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
24 to 25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
21 to 22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
21.5 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
69.3 to 77.3
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
1.0 to 2.9
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.16 to 0.28
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0